2006-10-10 23:12:19 · 10 answers · asked by Pebbles 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
The mouse happens to carry a virus as one of its natural infections, called Hantaan, the prototype hantavirus, and the cause of a disease which in Asia & Africa, is called Hemorrhagic Fever with renal syndrome and in the USA is known as Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS). In the USA the hantavirus has been named Muerto Canyon (Valley of Death) virus for the spot in New Mexico where it was isolated. It's carried by rodents and passed to people who inhale the aerosol particles emitted by the infected rodents' saliva, urine or faeces. People can also become infected with hantavirus after being bitten by rodents. Many people who have developed HPS live in mice-infested homes. One woman who developed the disorder, however, was exposed to rodents her pet cat dragged into her house. Another person succumbed to the disease after cleaning a rodent-infested barn. Hantaviruses are not passed directly from person to person.
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2006-10-10 23:23:29 · answer #1 · answered by uknative 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-10-10 23:14:03 · answer #2 · answered by zanzabarr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends... Pet mice are not diseased. Wild mice - yes, they can carry diseases.
2006-10-11 09:53:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they do. mice and rats also have no bladders and wee contantly everywhere they go making it very easy to pick up any diseases or germs which can lead to anything from dodgy stomach to going blind!
2006-10-13 09:34:48 · answer #4 · answered by xx1982xx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Pebbles
Yes they do love, they are vermin and all mice,rats that are wild carry disease.
2006-10-10 23:20:36 · answer #5 · answered by chass_lee 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
mice themselves dont carry many bu8t they can carry bugs that carry desieses
2006-10-10 23:36:13 · answer #6 · answered by welshwife 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All living things carry diseases. Some don't infect or affect us, and some do.
2006-10-10 23:28:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the ones in a lab certainly do.
2006-10-10 23:16:26 · answer #8 · answered by M1 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YES! but not has many as HUMANS!
2006-10-10 23:28:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
can you say,"hantavirus"?
2006-10-10 23:20:49 · answer #10 · answered by lugar t axhandle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋